Southern born but northern bound, Rachel is a bird of multiple migrations. She is a Brooklyn based visual artist specializing in directing, cinematography and photography.
Rachel specializes in sensitive, cinematic, human-driven documentary, commercial and narrative work. She shot for the 2018 TIFF selected feature documentary “This Changes Everything” and shot the 2024 SXSW selected documentary series “Ryley Walker & Friends” directed by Mark Duplass.
She was series DP for Peacock’s 2024 Emmy Nominated “Amber: Girl Behind the Alert”. Her cinematography narrative feature debut “Shithouse” won the 2020 Grand Jury Prize at SXSW.
As a commercial director Rachel has produced empathetic, candid and intimate spots for brands like Ford, Levi’s, Lincoln, ESPN, Soma, Red Wing, REI, Brooks Running, Carters, Vanity Fair and Lancome, often working closely with her subjects by shooting her pieces in tandem.
Rachel is a selected member of the exclusive female cinematographer’s collective CinematograpHERSXX.
commercial representation:
Sarah Donnenberg
sarah@sixtwentysix.co
(443) 841 - 5185
narrative dop representation:
Dana Salston
ds@intrinsic-la.com
(310) 433 - 4354
For all cinematography work outside of the narrative feature length space please reach out to Rachel directly.
press
“The Duplass Brothers have said about themselves that their biggest strength is their eye for talent, and that’s proven here. Jay also recommended the D.P. Rachel Klein, who imbues each frame with a distinct visual style that echoes Alex’s outlook scene to scene.” - Matt Delman on the film “Shithouse” for Hammer to Nail
"[C]risp and luminous cinematography" - Rachel Eggers, SIFF's 1 Reel Film Festival "Special Jury Prize" Statement
"From this point on, Rachel Klein, the short's cinematographer, should now be a beep on our film community's radar." - Charles Mudede, The Stranger